Plume-trimming device.



E. W. MUCH.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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PLUME TRIMMING DEVICE.

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EUGENE W. MUCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PLUME-TRIMMING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE W. MooH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Plume- Trimming Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device of novel construction for reducing the thickness of plume-stems by removing the crown or front portion of said stems and thereby flattening the same. Plumes trimmed in this manner are utilized in making up compound or multiplex plumes which are composed of a plurality of single superposed plumes united at their stems and presenting a product of rich appearance and increased fullness.

By my improved device the stems may be trimmed with great accuracy in a quick and simple manner and without liability of damaging either the stems or the barbs of the plume.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a plan of a plume trimming device embodying my invention, with the trimming tool omitted; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section on line 2 2, Fig. 1; F im 3V a cross section; Fig. 4L is a view similar to ig. 1 partly broken away and showing the barb protecting clamp open; Fig. 5 a cross section of a trimmed plume; Fig. 6 a detail plan showing a modification of the spring; Fig. 7 a side view thereof, and Fig. 8 a section showing a modified construction of the trimming tool.

A bed plate 10 is provided with a central longitudinal groove 11 that constitutes the seat for the plume-stem 12 to be trimmed and tapers preferably from end to end. Stem 12 is adapted to be engaged by a plurality of grasping means or fingers 111 supported upon plate 10 on opposite sides of groove 11 and extending at right angles to the latter. The inner edges of fingers 1li are beveled as at 15 to obtain a firm hold on stem 12, while their outer ends are engaged by a spring or resilient band 16 secured to plate 10 by fasteners 17. The length or arrangement of fingers 14: is such that they gradually project to an increased extent toward the center of groove 11, so as to coincide with the normal decreasing thickness of stem 12, which stem is thus firmly held within the groove. By using a plurality of independent fingers, the latter are able to so adjust themselves as to compensate for the nodes frequently formed on stems 12.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 1, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

serial No. 630,724.

In order to slidably hold fingers 11i to plate 10, they are surmounted on each side of groove 11 by a longitudinal rail 1S attached to plate 10 at 19 and also if desired by intermediate screws 20 passing through corresponding notches 21 of fingers 14.

Over each half of plate 10 is adapted to be folded a clamping lid 22 shown to be hinged at 23 and retained in its closed position by. a spring catch 24. Lids 22 are so constituted that they will fold over the barbs 25 of the plume at both sides of the stem without however in any way covering up such stem 12.

In use, lids 22 are opened and the plume to be trimmed is snapped with its stem 12 into seat 11, within which it will be firmly retained owing to the grasping action of fingers 14. The lids 22 are then closed to cover up and protect the barbs 25 and then the device is fed beneath a suitable trimming tool 26 accommodated between the inner spaced edges of lids 22. This trimming tool is in Figs. 2 and 3 shown to consist of a rotary grinding wheel, while in Fig. 8 it is made in the form of a cutter 27 it being understood that the particular construction of the trimming tool may be varied at pleasure. After the crown or front of stem 12 has been reduced and fiattened in the manner indicated in Fig. 5, lids 22 are opened and the trimmed feather is removed.

In Figs. G and 7 the spring 16 is made comb-shaped being provided with a plurality of spaced teeth 16a that separately engage fingers 14 and advance the latter individually against the stem of the plume.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a base plate having a seat adapted to accommodate a plume-stem, stemgrasping means fianking said seat, means on opposite sides of the seat for depressing the plume-barbs while exposing the stem, and a tool adapted to trim said exposed stem.

2. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a groove and a plurality of spring-influenced lingers arranged on said plate at opposite sides of the groove and movable at right angles thereto.

8. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a groove and a plurality of spring-influenced fingers arranged on said plate at opposite sides of the groove and movable at right angles thereto, said fingers having beveled inner ends adapted to grasp a plume stem seated within the groove.

4. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a groove adapted to receive a plume-stem, a plurality of independent stem-grasping means arranged at opposite sides of said groove, and barb-depressing means adapted to be superimposed on the stem-grasping means.

5. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a groove adapted to receive a plume-stem, a plurality of independent stem-grasping means arranged at opposite sides of said groove, and a pair of spaced lids adapted to be folded over the plume-barbs on opposite sides of the groove.

6. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a groove adapted to receive a plume-stem, a plurality of springinfluenced fingers arranged on said plate on opposite sides of the groove and adapted to grasp said stern, and a pair of spaced lids adapted to be folded over the plume-barbs on opposite sides of the groove.

7. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a groove adapted to receive a plume-stem, a plurality of springiniiuenced fingers arranged on opposite sides of the groove and adapted to grasp said stem, and rails traversing the ngers above the base plate and adapted to movably hold the fingers to said plate.

8. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a groove adapted to receive a plume-stein, a plurality of fingers arranged on opposite sides of the plate and adapted to grasp said stein, and a psring having a plurality of teeth that separately engage said lingers.

9. In a device of the character described, a base plate having a tapering groove, combined with a plurality of spring-influenced fingers arranged on opposite sides of the groove and adapted to be projected inwardly across the groove to a gradually increasing extent from one end of the plate toward the other end.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 23rd day of May, 1911, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE IV. MOCII.

TWitnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, KATHERYNE KOCH.

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